Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Friday, September 4 3:52 AM
  • New Moon Thursday, September 10 11:27 PM
  • First Quarter Friday, September 18 4:44 PM
  • Full Moon Saturday, September 26 12:50 PM Harvest Moon

Also in September

  • Rosh Hashanah Saturday, September 12 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Yom Kippur Monday, September 21 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Mid-Autumn Festival Friday, September 25 Chinese calendar
  • Sukkot Saturday, September 26 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: September 7–16.

Times are in Columbus time (America/New York), and moonrise and moonset are for Columbus. Each day's Moon is turned as it is in the sky of Columbus when it is highest that night (near the New Moon, that day).

August September 2026 October
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
31 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:03 PM
Set: 11:51 AM
2 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 68% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:40 PM
Set: 1:05 PM
3 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:25 PM
Set: 2:19 PM
4 Friday
Last Quarter
3:52 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:30 PM
5 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:22 AM
Set: 4:32 PM
6 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:30 AM
Set: 5:24 PM
7 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:44 AM
Set: 6:05 PM
Dark night
8 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:01 AM
Set: 6:39 PM
Dark night
9 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:16 AM
Set: 7:07 PM
Dark night
10 Thursday
New Moon
11:27 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:29 AM
Set: 7:32 PM
Dark night
11 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:39 AM
Set: 7:55 PM
Dark night
12 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:47 AM
Set: 8:18 PM
Dark night
13 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:55 AM
Set: 8:42 PM
Dark night
14 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:01 AM
Set: 9:09 PM
Dark night
15 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 21% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:07 PM
Set: 9:40 PM
Dark night
16 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:11 PM
Set: 10:17 PM
Dark night
17 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 39% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:11 PM
Set: 11:00 PM
18 Friday
First Quarter
4:44 PM
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:06 PM
Set: 11:51 PM
19 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 58% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:54 PM
Set: –
20 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 4:34 PM
Set: 12:48 AM
21 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Yom Kippur
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 5:08 PM
Set: 1:49 AM
22 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:37 PM
Set: 2:53 AM
23 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:03 PM
Set: 3:58 AM
24 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:26 PM
Set: 5:04 AM
25 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:49 PM
Set: 6:09 AM
26 Saturday
Full Moon
12:50 PM
Harvest Moon
Sukkot
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:12 PM
Set: 7:17 AM
27 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:37 PM
Set: 8:26 AM
28 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:06 PM
Set: 9:38 AM
29 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:40 PM
Set: 10:53 AM
30 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:24 PM
Set: 12:09 PM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday